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The Listening Service Extra 11 of 12 - Twelve-tone music and its reception
We hear Schoenberg on the reception of his music in America, Europe.
The Listening Service Extra 10 of 12 - Do the correct notes matter?
Tom looks at Schoenbergβs plea to musicians to play the correct notes in his String Trio.
The Listening Service Extra 9 of 12 - Tennis Partners
Tom looks at Schoenbergβs love of Gershwin, who was also his tennis partner in Hollywood.
The Listening Service Extra 8 of 12 - Alban Berg
We listen to Schoenbergβs praise of his pupil, Alban Berg...
The Listening Service Extra 7 of 12 - Expressive Melodies
Tom looks at Schoenbergβs demonstration of how to harmonize a melody to maximum effect...
The Listening Service Extra 6 of 12 - Twelve Tones
Schoenbergβs distillation and defence of his theory of composition with 12 tones...
The Listening Service Extra 5 of 12 - Boiling Water
Schoenbergβs experience in the new atonal world...
The Listening Service Extra 4 of 12 - Schoenbergβs IDEA
Schoenbergβs conception of what the βideaβ of a piece of music really was...
The Listening Service Extra 3 of 12 - Dissonance
Tom explores what Schoenberg meant by the dissonance and how he broke free from tonality.
The Listening Service Extra 2 of 12 - Heir to the German Mainstream
Tom looks at why Schoenberg felt a strong lineage from Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Bach
